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Marina Albero: A Nomad of Sound

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  An Italian naval officer Ferdinand Magellan sailed around the globe in the early 16th century, as a traveler of the seven seas.  Florentine astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered the celestial bodies canvassing the Earth's solar system, the Milky Way, in the early 17th century, known to be a traveler of the stars.  Swiss apothecary Albrecht Höpfner invented various shades of blue in the late 18th century, noted as a traveler of colors.  Polish-French chemist Marie Curie discovered radium in the early 20th century, being a traveler of energy waves.   In the vane of such notable explorers, Barcelona-born pianist Marina Albero has made discoveries of her own in the early 21st century.  Creating new melodic formations using string and keyboard instruments.  The title of her 2024 release A Nomad of Sound reflects her explorative nature.  For the recording, she traveled from her home in Seattle, Washington, which she resettled to in 2014, and fou...

Album Review: Jazz Party from Delfeayo Marsalis and the the Uptown Jazz Orchestra

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Album:  Jazz Party Artist:  Delfeayo Marsalis and the the Uptown Jazz Orchestra Label:  Troubadour Jass Records Website:  www.dmarsalis.com On a mission to make music that uplifts, excites, and invigorates in the traditional jazz culture style of New Orleans, trombonist and bandleader Delfeayo Marsalis embarked on his latest offering Jazz Party , creating what audiences perceive to be happy jazz.  Indeed, he accomplishes his mission and delivers to audiences very happy, hot jazz on the recording with the big band splash of jazz music's forefathers. The twittering of the horns through "Blackbird Special" integrates funky swells contoured in Latin swing, and big band panache.  The party atmosphere has a catchy exuberance that is authentic in its delivery as the instruments interlock along the motifs.  The cha-cha rhythm underpinning "7th Ward Boogaloo" has horns trading off solos, entering intermittently and changing the bouncy vibrations that make th...